The practitioner's guide to POLCA : the production control system for high-mix, low-volume and custom products

The practitioner's guide to POLCA the production control system for high-mix, low-volume and custom products

POLCA ( P aired-cell O verlapping L oops of C ards with A uthorization) is a card-based visual control system that manages the flow of jobs through the shop floor: at each operation, it controls which job should be worked on next to meet delivery targets. POLCA ensures that upstream operations use t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Suri, Rajan, author (author), Suri, Rajan, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, CRC Press 2018.
Edición:1st edition
Materias:
Production control.
Lean manufacturing.
Card system in business.
New products.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009631133506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • part, I Understanding POLCA / Rajan Suri
  • chapter 1 POLCA—Simple Yet Highly Effective: A Tale of Two Companies / Rajan Suri
  • chapter 2 POLCA Explained: How It Works / Rajan Suri
  • chapter 3 Operational Benefits of POLCA / Rajan Suri
  • part, II Implementing POLCA / Rajan Suri
  • chapter 4 Pre-POLCA Assessment, Prerequisites, and Preparation for POLCA / Rajan Suri
  • chapter 5 Designing the POLCA System for Your Situation / Rajan Suri
  • chapter 6 Accommodating Exceptions within the POLCA Framework / Rajan Suri
  • chapter 7 Launching POLCA / Rajan Suri
  • chapter 8 How We Designed and Launched POLCA in Three Days / Ananth Krishnamurthy
  • chapter 9 Sustaining POLCA: Post-Implementation Activities / Rajan Suri
  • part, III Industry Case Studies / Rajan Suri
  • chapter 10 From the United States: Using POLCA to Eliminate Material Flow Chaos in an Aluminum Extrusion Operation / Jeff Cypher Todd Carlson
  • chapter 11 From Canada: Applying POLCA in a Pharmaceutical Environment / Justin Bos Susan Ferris
  • chapter 12 From the Netherlands: Creating Flow and Improving Delivery Performance at a Custom Hinge Manufacturer through QRM and POLCA / Godfried Kaanen Robert Peters
  • chapter 13 From Belgium: Metalworking Subcontractor Reduces Lead Times by 85% Using QRM and POLCA / Pascal Pollet Ben Proesmans
  • chapter 14 From Poland: Dancing the POLCA in a Glass Factory / Karol Bąk
  • chapter 15 From Germany: Yes, Even Small Companies Can Benefit from Implementing POLCA / Markus Menner.

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